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severe hypoxia and heart muscle?
how can you tell if the heart isn't functioning properly from severe hypoxia(i.e through cardiac rate/rhythm monitoring) ?
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- phantomlimb7Lv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hypoxic heart muscle would have EKG (or more correctly, ECG) changes in the T-wave (flattening or inversion) are classic for cardiac ischemia (but can also be due to other factors). Also, in an acute MI, the ST segment would be elevated "fireman's hat sign", or "tombstone T's". The most valued indicator of cardiac ischemia is not the EKG, but the cardiac isoenzymes (CK-MB, Troponin-I, BNP (B-type natriuretic enzyme)
Source(s): RN
